Foot-scraper.



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FOOT SCRAPER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JAN.31, 1912.

1,037,252; f Patented sept. 3,1912.

GLENN E. HOLMES, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOOT-SCRAPER.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application led January 31, 1912. SeriaI No. $174,602.

To all whom t may/.concern Be it known that I, GLENN E. I-IoLMns, a citizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Foot-Scrapers, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the ace companying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vfoot Scrapers and is particularly adaptable for foot scrapers for automobiles and the like.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a device which may readily and easily be secured to the running;` board of an automobile and by the use of which passen- `gers entering the automobile may remove the mud from their shoes before stepping into the car.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which, while it eiiiectually removes the mud from lthe boot-s of passengers entering," the car, will at the same time prevent the mud thus removed from accumulating ou the running;- board of the automobile.

For the purpose of disclosing my invention I have illustrated one embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings-Figure l is a side elevation of an automobile showing my foot scraper attached to the running-board thereof; Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the foot scraper; and, Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated, the scraper comprises a scraper bar y1 which may have its upper edge tapered, as at 2, so as to effectually remove the mud from the boot, and a supporting' frame 3 comprising the side members and the bot-- tom member 5. Extending' inwardly from the supporting' member I provide a mud deilector 6 which is inclined upwardly and inwardly from the bottom portion 5 that as the mud is scraped ofi' the boot by the scraper 2 it drops on this inclined detlector 6 and is thrown out into the roadway instead of being permitted to drop on the running'- board.

In practice, I preferably construct the entire device from a single piece of metal, either by forming the same by casting or by stamping the device from sheet metal.

In Fig. l I have illustrated the scraper applied to the running-board of an automobile. In this figure it will be noted that the scraper is secured by means of screws 7 to the outer edge of the running-board, so that persons entering the same may scrape the mud olf of their boots, and this mud, i11- stead of falling onto the running-board, is thrown out into the road by the deflector 6.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. As a new article of manufacture, a foot scraper arranged to be attached to the step of an automobile and project above the same, comprising in a single piece asubstantially rectangular frame, the bottom of which serves as an attaching member for securing the scraper in position, and a deiiector extending;r upwardly and rearwardly from the attachingr member and having sides extending to the said members of the frame, the top of the frame beingr arranged to act as a scraper bar.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a foot scraper forautomobiles arranged to be attached to the edge of the step and project upwardly therefrom, comprising in a sinvle piece a deliector plate extending upwardly and forwardly from the edge of the'step,

having a substantially vertically extending attaching flange at its bottom to be secured to the edge of the step, side pieces for said plate, and a scraper' bar extending across the front and top of said side pieces.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name inthe presence of two witnesses.

GLENN E. HOLMES. Witnesses W. Fumar HAHN, Manni. REYNOLDS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained :for ave cents each, 7n;- aadressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, FD. t1.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912. 

